Captiva is a census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, United States. It is located on Captiva Island. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total year-round population of 379. It is part of the Cape Coral, Florida-Fort Myers, Florida Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Captiva's many large estates, condominiums, and businesses have recovered from the serious damage due to 2004's Hurricane Charley. Captiva is accessed by a small bridge that crosses Blind Pass from Sanibel Island. There is a toll to use the causeway that goes first to Sanibel Island then north to Captiva.

Geography
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Captiva is a census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, United States. It is located on Captiva Island. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total year-round population of 379. It is part of the Cape Coral, Florida-Fort Myers, Florida Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Captiva's many large estates, condominiums, and businesses have recovered from the serious damage due to 2004's Hurricane Charley. Captiva is accessed by a small bridge that crosses Blind Pass from Sanibel Island. There is a toll to use the causeway that goes first to Sanibel Island then north to Captiva.

Geography
Captiva is located at (26.518028, -82.191057).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.5 square miles (27.2 km²), of which, 1.2 square miles (3.2 km²) of it is land and 9.2 square miles (24.0 km²) of it (88.10%) is water. mostly in the Gulf of Mexico to the west and Pine Island Sound.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 379 people, 194 households, and 130 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 305.3 people per square mile (118.0/km²). There were 1,150 housing units at an average density of 926.2/sq mi (358.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.42% White (U.S. Census), 0.79% Asian (U.S. Census), 0.26% from Race (United States Census), and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census) or Latino (U.S. Census) of any race were 0.79% of the population.